General Election, 2015 Urgent Call to Political Parties and Voters

The Friday Forum is represented by an informal group of concerned citizens pledged...

Their master’s voice

It was shocking to read of a senior politician, who should know better,..

Green burials; an earth-friendly low-cost option - EDITORIAL

In recent decades, most Sri Lankans have not only been living beyond...

Mahinda Rajapaksa contesting General elections A joke to think it’s a challenge – Kabir Hashim

Taking on the mantle of UNP General Secretary, after Tissa Attanayake;...

Change of regime or Change in Governance Style

Governments come and go but the problems that ordinary citizens face continue to get worse by the day.

Was the previous parliament a failure?

Parliament consists of elected representatives who have been given a mandate...

Political atmosphere clouded in confusion - EDITORIAL

Confusion reigns over the political atmosphere these days with political parties doing...

Rajapaksa’s political comeback Some moral and practical questions

Now that the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has decided to grant nomination to ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa to contest the forthcoming general elections, a sense of gloom has dawned on......

We Are Who We Elect

A society can be judged by how best it treats its least fortunate, the ones who always seem to get the bitter end of every circumstance. Today I was profoundly affected by something and it made me put into......

Parallel enigmas of VP and MR

The attempts to field ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa as a Prime Ministerial candidate to contest the upcoming Parliamentary elections by a vocal fringe of the southern political community is similar to the......

Shocking reversal but hope still springs for democracy - EDITORIAL

With the nominations week beginning today for the General Elections on August 17, political turmoil and uncertainty have gripped the country with various parties or groups expressing concern over whether we.....

‘We cannot bring reforms the way we prepare instant food’

Professor Sarath Wijesooriya of the University of Colombo in an interview with the Dailymirror....

A dialogue with stakeholders in education

Sri Lanka’s system of education is facing the challenge of making education...

Choose co-operatives, choose sharing and equality - EDITORIAL

Today July 4 is not only American Independence Day. 

Surge in ISIS terror fits Israeli script

The more one studies the canker that is ISIS, the more one is certain that the group...

EDITORIAL - Silent revolution in Medicine

Some 40 years after powerful transnational drug corporations killed the essential medicines...

Beyond a Fossil Fuel Powered Economy…

One of the greatest dilemmas in the history of the human civilization has been that of the...

LTTE toothless; where’s ‘catch- me- if- you can’ KP?

There was panic when my wife and I carrying our Sri Lankan passports reached the immigration...

To be or not to be: President’s dilemma over MR

President Maitripala Sirisena displayed greater flexibility...

The Mystery over ‘Maria’

Sri Lanka has been a country that has always worked in line with its friendly...

A deal with Iran this week?

According to the New York Times, “Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ...

President Sirisena faces new challenges

Sri Lanka was again plunged into political turmoil and tension yesterday...

Law makers become law breakers in a dirty game of HEROIN

Heroin is a grave menace that has gripped Sri Lanka at present.

Today is Adhi Esala Full Moon

Referring to Buddha’s first discourse, the Dhamma Chakka Pavattana Sutta:...

Emotion, Reason and Social Media

There is a world of difference between conventional media like the press,...

QUALITIES MORE IMPORTANT THAN QUALIFICATIONS - EDITORIAL

Most of Sri Lanka’s people would probably agree with President Maithripala...

Stand united again when electing new MPs

?Sri Lankan voters placed immense trust and elected President Maithripala Sirisena for the top job on January 8.    The President,  thereafter,   had the necessary courage to get the 19th Amendment approved in Parliament. The Parliament now stands dissolved.

Sri Lanka should evolve a green energy missionto be achieved before 2030 - Dr. Abdul Kalam

Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, an eminent scientist and engineer who has also served as the 11th president of India from the period 2002 to 2007 is a man of vision.

clean politics needs clean candidacy - EDITORIAL

The campaign for the clean candidacy for the forthcoming Parliamentary election is gaining momentum now that the Parliamentary elections have been announced by the Elections Commissioner on June 26.

Sarath and Chandrika show

Click onto the TV in search of News: out pops segments of a local version of a bygone serial “The Punch & Judy Show”, currently in the vernacular, slotted on distinct channels; with smart editing, could be.....